Advice and Techniques

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1. Organ pedalling

   By siwi, July 22, 2009
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   • siwi
   • August 4, 2009

2. Church Pregression

   By Osbuurn, January 23, 2014
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   • Dazzer
   • April 1, 2014

3. multiphonics

   By bean in Bb, August 4, 2007
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   • bean in Bb
   • August 8, 2007

4. A (possibly apocryphal) Story About Mozart, and Some Advice

   By J. Lee Graham, July 28, 2023
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   • Beethoven is God
   • July 29, 2023

5. Flugelhorn Or Muted Trumpet - Which Is Best?

   By aphinny, May 8, 2012   

   • trumpet flugelhorn mutes
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   • robinjessome
   • May 26, 2013

6. String players: Bow-hold aids

   By J. Lee Graham, June 11, 2010
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   • CheeseLord
   • August 29, 2010

7. How Can I Report A Post That Mocks Me And My Works? 1 2

   By luderart, December 23, 2012
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   • Morivou
   • December 24, 2012

8. How do you decide on a chord progression? 1 2

   By wannabe_composer, October 17, 2008
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   • Apple Charlie
   • January 15, 2009

9. How To Go About Writing A Fugue?

   By mozartinspiration, October 23, 2014   

   • fugue
   • counterpoint
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   • Fugalicious
   • November 30, 2017

10. Samuel Adler Method

    By rapunzel, January 24, 2010
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    • Tokkemon
    • February 12, 2010

11. Planning a Development Section?

    By Noah Brode, December 13, 2016   

    • classical
    • sonata form
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • classical
      • sonata form
      • development
      • help
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    • Mark101
    • January 15, 2017

12. Italian Baroque And Galant School Of Music: Prinner

    By Sacchini, May 11, 2014   

    • baroque
    • galant
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      Tagged with:

      • baroque
      • galant
      • porpora
      • vivaldi
      • albinoni
      • vinci
      • leo
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    • Sacchini
    • May 13, 2014

13. Is this piece polyrhythmic? 1 2

    By Protoman2050, July 17, 2009
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    • Gardener
    • July 19, 2009

14. Sounding Like Masashi Hamauzu (Video Game Composer)

    By ansthenia, February 18, 2012
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    • xrsbit
    • February 22, 2012

15. Microtones (a poll) 1 2

    By Dunael, September 19, 2006
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    • Dunael
    • June 8, 2007

16. Timbral Trills on the oboe, possible?

    By Tumababa, June 12, 2006
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    • oboedoc
    • June 22, 2006

17. Chord Writings on Violins

    By HoYin Cheung, August 30, 2019   

    • chord
    • violin
    • 6 replies
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    • Jehonathan Sher Lipschitz
    • August 31, 2019

18. Wrist Cracking -

    By Guest CreationArtist, December 3, 2006
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    • Keerakh Kal
    • December 5, 2006

19. Piano pedal effects

    By Dirk Gently, February 21, 2008
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    • Gardener
    • March 2, 2008

20. Suggestion for anyone who wants to try String Quartet Writing

    By Joshua Ng, August 3, 2020   

    • strings
    • string quartet
    • 8 replies
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    • Joshua Ng
    • August 4, 2020

21. How To Become A Film Composer..??

    By Pranit Khedekar, October 8, 2011   

    • film composer
    • 4 replies
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    • composerorganist
    • January 31, 2012

22. Writing For Trombone (Quasi Horn)

    By aphinny, March 1, 2013
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    • aphinny
    • March 4, 2013

23. Composition education

    By Calevera, December 29, 2005
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    • trombtar53
    • January 10, 2006

24. How to know if the melody you composed has not been used before?

    By Donethur, November 11, 2017
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    • markstyles
    • December 25, 2017

25. Help On My Favorite Piece Of Music

    By Guest Ryan K, July 20, 2012
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    • Tokkemon
    • August 4, 2012